Mouth infection or something ??

[Greg'sGarters]

First things first. That is a BEAUTIFUL snake! Now, I think that that is an infection I think that what Steve said is the right thing to do. If you are close enough friends with your vet, see if he can take a look at it for free. It couldn't hurt.

[d_virginiana]

If you do end up talking to a vet, just be wary. If they aren't specifically a herp vet the knee-jerk reaction of many general animal vets is to prescribe antibiotics for that sort of thing. With my reptiles I always try to avoid that until they are absolutely necessary because of the risks involved, especially with the smaller ones.

[guidofatherof5]

Agreed. If an antibiotic is recommend I would go with a oral rather then a injectable. I know Baytril can cause problems at the injection site. I believe Chris-uk can attest to that.

[RedSidedSPR]

I have no herp vets around, and no normal vets that I trust.

I already did the needle, and applied the hibiclens. Went fine far as I can tell


The swelling is significantly smaller, but that might have been because he just shed. However the shed did not come off all the way. In fact the only thing I got off was the top half of the head part. His entire body and lower jaw still hasn't come off. And he isn't exactly trying

[RedSidedSPR]

I could easily pull/assist it off but I dont know how the shed around the mouth is supposed to go and dont want to do anything wrong.

Is the inside of the mouth involved? Or is just around the outside of his mouth.

[guidofatherof5]

I would use a warm shed box first to see if the snake will take care of business before you get involved.

[RedSidedSPR]

I would too. Which is why he's been in one for three hours... He wont do anything.

[RedSidedSPR]

Took 6 and a half hours but he got it off

[guidofatherof5]

Glad you got it off. Do the lips look better? They should.

[RedSidedSPR]

Glad you got it off. Do the lips look better? They should.

Significantly

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